Wood-sawing attachment for tractors



Aug. 5 1924.

C. L. SOCKWELL I WOOD SAWING ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTORS Filed March 24, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 3141101 New C72 asaL fiaclm/ell,

Aug. 5, 1924. 1,503,856

- C L. SOCKWELL WOOD SAWING ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTORS Filed March 24. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I I: 31 J9 igs 4 v 1 Snow H01,

al'fonucq Patented Aug. 5, 1924.

PATENT CHARLES L. SOCKVIELL, OF NORTH WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO new WILLIAMS MILL CAROLINA.

CGMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF NORTH WILKESBORO, NO'RTH WOUDrSAWING ATTACHMENT FOB- TRAGTORS.

Application filed March 24,1923. Serial No. 627,364.

To all whom it may concern: v

v Be it known that I, CHARLES L. SooKWnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Wilkesbormin the county of Wilkes 5 and State of North Carolina, have invented a new. and useful VVood-Sawing Attachment for Tractors, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention-is to provide an :improved sawing attachment specially adapted for use on a Fordson "tractor; to provideimproved means for attaching the device to the tractor; to provide means for permitting of elevating the attachment when desired; and toprovide novel means for readily detachingand attaching the device with clamps to the radiator base of the tractor. It is an especial object of my invention to provide novel clamping means adapted to be retained permanently on the tractor radiator base which will not interfere with. the ordinary use of the tractor.

It is also my object to provide a novel combination and arrangement of parts disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figurel is a side elevation of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of same; Fig. 3 is an enlarged top plan, partly in section. of member 2 in clamped position on the radiator base;

Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view of member 2, detached and inverted;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged top plan of memher 3 in clamped position on theradiator base; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of member 3 in inverted position .detached from the radiator base. Like numerals indicate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the radiator supportingbase is designated 1. I provide a left hand clamp 2 (viewed from the point of observation of the occupant of the tractor) suitably shaped to engage around the adjacent edge of the radiator base 1, as shown in Fig. 3; and I provide a right hand clamp 3, suitably shaped to engage around the opposite portion of the right hand side of the radiator supporting base 1. Clamps 2 and 3 are mounted on a long bolt 4 which is provided with a round head 5 and a threaded end 8. Left hand clamp 2 is provided with suitable rlbs 17, said ribs terminating in curved outer surfaces 18 wh1ch engage the radiator base 1, the said ribs being mounted on the clamp base 16 which has a cylindrical extension 30, the clamp 2 having a channel 31 extending through said extension 30 and through which the said bolt'a is inserted, as

shown in Fig. 3. The left-hand wooden arm a clamp 2, the Washer 7. being releasably fastened on the'head 5 by cotterpin 6. On the oppositeside of the radiator base the clamp 3 consists of a base 14; provided with a seg ment of a cylinder '11 which has curved recessed portions 12 to engage the pipeportion of the radiator base 1, as shown in Fig. 5. The base of the clamp also has a recessed portion-15 and is provided with a central opening 13 through which the threaded end of the bolt 4 is'inserted. The outer portion of the base 14. of member 3 also is provided with a recessed portion 33 to receive the inside nut 9, as shown in Fig. 5. The wood saw attachment has a left hand metal arm 20 which engages over the threaded end 18 of long bolt 4 and is adjacent to the base 14. of right hand clamp 3 and is detachably held in place by nut 10, as illustrated in Fig. 5. I provide a short wooden arm 21 attached to the metal arm 20 and to which in turn the inclined uprights 22 is secured. Mounted on the inclined uprights 22 is the circular saw shaft 24, carrying a circular saw 25. I also provide a uide frame 28 for supporting the blocks of wood in place while the sawing is proceeding. Shaft 24 carries a pulley 26 over which runs the belt 27 which is driven from the belt ulley of the belt pulley attachment on Fort son tractors, which attachment is used for driving other machinery when the tractor is stationary.

The saw frame arms 19 and 20 may of course be of any suitable material. that illustrated and described being however my preferred construction. I may also provide any suitable means for detachably securing the ends of arms 19 and 20 on the bolt 4,

the means illustrated and described however being my preferred construction. I may also suitably shape clamps Q'and 3 for use with any desired tractor. V

In applying the device, the attaching clamps 2 and 3 are applied to the tractor ra-' diator base and the bolt 4 is then inserted through them and the clamps are secured on the tractor basewhere they need not be further disturbed. In other words, these clamps remain on the tractor, Whether the saw is used or not, after the clamps are once attached as they need not in any Way interfere with operations of the tractor in other 7 duties'to which it may be put when not engaged to the saw. To attach the saw frame, the wooden arm 19 of the saw frame is inserted over thehead 5 of bolt 4 and-over cylindrical extension of clamp 2, and then fastened in its operative position byinserting the cotter pin 6-through the bolt head 5. The saw is then moved a littleto the left and the steel arm 20 is sprung outwardly slightly so that the bolt 4 will go through the hole in the arm 20. The nut 10 is then applied to hold the arm' from working loose from the nut of bolt 4:. The saw is now'ready'for belting-to the driving pulley of the tractor, and when the belt is in position, the attachment is ready for use for sawing. The belt o 4 serves as an aXis on which the tractor arms 19 and 20 may pivot to permit of sw nging the entire saw frame to a raised position.

' This is done'without requiring any loosen ing of the, nut 10 on the end of the bolt 4. The attachment is at all times readily clamped to the radiatorbase, by means of screwing up thenut 9,as'shown in Fig, 5,

which is positioned in the cutawayportion V 33 of c1amp'3 and out of contact With the arm20, which is pivotally mounted ,onthe end of bolt 4:- The' sawarms are not bound a tightly on the bolt'butare easily movedto raise the saw frame.

. What I claim is; y c

1. In a device of'the class'described, op-

base, one of said clampshaving'ariexterior cutaway portion, a bolt extending-"through said clamps, a nut engaging on the threaded end of the bolt and seating in the cutaway 7 portion of the clamp to "permanently secure the clamps on the radiator support base, and a wood sawing attachment havingeXtended arms swingably mounted on the-clamping bolt, and means for detachably 'and loofsely securing said arms on the opposite endsef the bolt-whereby the arms carrying the wood sawing attachment may beswu-ngto elevated position without loosening the clamps which engage opposite portions *of theradiator v supporting base. I 7

2i As a. .new article'o'f manufacture for use as a clampingdevice for a woodsawingaat tachment, the c'ombination'of a clamp' base, an upstanding segment of a cylinderforined integral with said base, said segment having slotted portions to permit the edge portions of the segment to engage'the' radiator'base, the clamping base having a cutaway-portion to receive a nut.

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